Becoming a Knight for Jesus Christ

By Jeff Kissell

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations...

Matthew 28:19

We all know that this is the Great Commission given to us, the church. Yet most people do not feel that they can teach. Becoming a Knight for Jesus Christ is a discipleship program of outlines that I have used in over thirty years of teaching. These outlines ar

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
• Release date: Jan 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685560638

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Forward

This study is for the purpose of becoming more like Jesus. These are outlines from different classes that I have taught over the years that I have put into order. I hope that these will help each person grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. The most important thing in the world is not our health, or how much we have. The most important thing is that we have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean to have an intimate, personal relationship. This study will help you to grow and develop an intimate relationship.

In the back, are three supplemental materials. First of all, is a Bible reading schedule. This is reading the New Testament. It should be done during the first half of this course. Secondly, is a Surrender List. This should be filled out after section five, Seeker of the Hero. Once this is filled out, each item on the list is to be prayerfully given to Jesus and then the list should be burned. This is represented of the sacrifice that could not be taken back, and once these are surrendered to Jesus Christ, we should not take them back. The last item is a certificate. This is to be signed by the person giving the material.

This study is best done on a one-to-one basis or maybe a few people at a time with one person acting as a mentor/teacher. If you are doing it on your own, ask the Holy Spirit to be your teacher and guide. I also recommend that as you are going through this study that you limit the amount of outside information coming into your brain. This way one can listen more to the direction and teaching of the Holy Spirit. All scripture in this guide is from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

My hope is that you will enjoy these lessons as much as I enjoyed making them and teaching them. Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, a threefold cord is not quickly broken. We have a threefold guide: we have a perfect teacher which is the Holy Spirit, our salvation is complete in a perfect Savior, Jesus Christ, and we have the perfect Word of God, the Bible. With these three we cannot lose.

Enjoy and may Jesus Christ bless you.

Jeff Kissell

Introduction

As with any program, there must be a purpose. The purpose of this study is to become a disciple of Jesus. This is accomplished through prayer, Bible study and working through the different levels of being a Seeker. Before one can come to the truth, one must seek to know the truth.

The levels of Seeking are:

Seeker of Wisdom—this is seeking to know more about God.

Seeker of Truth—this is seeking to know more about Jesus.

Seeker of Comfort—this is seeking to know more about the Holy Spirit.

Seeker of Guidance—this is seeking to know more about the Bible.

Seeker of a Hero—this is seeking to know more about those who have been faithful.

Seeker of Servanthood—this is seeking to know more about where we have our place.

Seeker of Change—this is seeking to become more like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Once the seventh level is complete then one becomes a Knight of the Cross. This allows for the Knight to teach and train up others to also become Knights of the Cross.

The symbol is the cross and the crown. This is a reference to Jesus enduring the cross in order to obtain the crown. We also must be willing to endure the cross that we are to bear so that at the end of the training we can also wear the crown. As it is with this study, so it is with life. As we strive to become more like Jesus, we will overcome the temptations and let go of the weights that would hinder our growth. The goal is to become more like Jesus and less like ourselves. We put the old man (ourselves) on the cross and take up the new man (who we are in Christ) daily. This allows us to take on the image of Christ.

The journey may be long and bumpy, but the end is worth it. Are you ready to begin?

The Fall and Salvation of Man

Man was created in the image and likeness of God Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 2:7 Psalms 8:4-8

Man is created good

Man is created upright

Man is created with intelligence

Reason

Solve problems

To think

Man is created with a conscience

Ability to chose

God placed his law in us and we can choose to obey

Man is created with a will

To obey or not

Man is created with a soul

To live eternally

Man is created for fellowship with God

Man fell when he rejected God’s plan, and sin entered the picture Genesis 3:1-6

Sin is a word that means to miss the mark

Sin causes us to miss our purpose in life, fellowship with God

Sin is disobedience to God’s authority

We choose what seems right rather than what is right

Results of sin—

Sorrow

Sickness

Pain

Death

Separation from God

How do we react without God?

Romans 1:18-32

Isaiah 5:20-23

Romans 3:9-18

Man tries to reestablish this relationship on his own, and comes far short, thus becoming religious—God hates religion.

ONLY GOD CAN REESTABLISH THIS RELATIONSHIP

Salvation is from God, not man Romans 6:23

It was thought by God the Father, bought by the Son, and wrought by the Spirit, and man has no part in planning or purchasing it

Salvation is through Christ alone Acts 4:12, Luke 19:10, Matthew 10:28, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 9:22

Salvation is by graceand not works Ephesians 2:8-10

A sacrifice had to be made Genesis 22:8,

A substitute could be found—animal sacrifices Lev. 17:14

Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice

He had to be pure and holy, without sin

He had to be God in order to take man’s place

Salvation is completed with Jesus’s blood

Justification is obtained when we accept God’s gift

Man has to be willing to accept this gift of salvation

God has done the work, man must respond

Repentance—a sincere and complete change of mind in regard to sin

Intellectual element—a change of view—seeing oneself as God sees him

Emotional element—feeling of deep sorrow and guilt—Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin

Volitional element—we are given the right and ability to make the decision—man is now responsible for his own salvation by his choice

Faith—the ability to receive what we do not have John 1:12

Obedience—we will obey what God tells us to do.

We become new creatures in Christ—2 Corinthians 5:17 Ephesians 4:21-24

We become righteous Philippians 3:9

There will be outward evidence, and inward evidence—

Joy of salvation

The Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirit—Romans 8:15-16

Love for others 1 John 4:7

Impartation of the Holy Spirit 1 John 4:13

Ephesians 4:22-32

The choice is up to us!!

Level 1

Seeker of Wisdom

For the Lord giveth wisdom:

out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:6

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God

James 1:5

One True God

What are some of the concepts of God today?

The man upstairs

The big candy man in the sky

An impersonal being who doesn’t care

He doesn’t exist. Psalms 14:1

God is in all of us, so we are gods—new age

One to be avoided at all costs

The universal mind

We believe that there